Ticket-printing machine.



F. SKERL.

TICKET PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1916- 1,215,585. Patented Feb.13, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCESCO SKERL, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIG'NOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

TICKET-PRINTING MACHINE.

Original application filed May '7, 1913, Serial 110.766.05 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

No. 851,758. Divided and this application filed May 17, 1916. Serial No. 98,147.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Fnnnonsoo Snnnn, a citizen of Austria, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Printing Machines, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to tick t issuing machines and more particularly to that class adapted to issue one or more tickets of the same denomination at one operation of the machine.

All the patentable subject matter disclosed in this application is not claimed herein, as this is a divisional application of an ap plication filed July 18, 191%, Serial No. 851,758, which is a division of the original application, filed May 7, 1913, Serial No. 766,054.

One of the chief sources of loss to the owners of theaters, moving picture shows, and the like, and also in ticket ollices of elevated, subway and other railways as well as other transportation systens, and in fact wherever tickets are sold and used, is the dishonesty practised by ticket sellers in reelling tickets which -have been used. To prevent such dishonesty separate ticket takers are usually employ-ed, but it has been found that this is not always an eifectual check upon the ticket seller, as the employee who collects the tick is can, by collusion with the seller 'eturn them to the seller who can again sell thenn Employment of two or more persons to prevent reselling of used tickets is furthermore quite an item ofexpense which, of course, the owners of such places wish to avoid. Various methods have been devised to prevent such dishonesty, but most of them are defective inasmuch as they leave a channel by which the proprietor can be defrauded either by one of his employees or by the purchaser.

The principal object therefore of this invention is to provide a machine whereby the above losses can be eliminated as well as the expense of ticket selling employees, still retaining in use a system in which one or more tickets as desired can be promptly obtained by the purchaser.

It is then an object of this invention to pro ide a ticket issuing machine adapted to issue tickets only when coins of the proper value are inserted into it, and more particularly to provide such a machine in which one or more tickets as desired can be obtained at one operation.

Another object of the invention is to embody in such a machine mechanism for printing the tickets as: they are issued there by eliminating the carrying of large num bers of valid tickets which might at any time be subject to theft and use.

lVhilc this is not essential to the broad invention, manipulative means are employed in the machine shown which are adapted to cooperate with the inserted coins to control the issuing of the tickets and the operation of the machine. The means has taken the form of a series of keys but other manipulative means may be employed'instead, such as an adjustable lever.

It is too, an object of the invention to embody in such a machine, totalizing mechanism in which the total value of coins inserted in the machine is caused to be accumulated.

Other objects for the specific constructions disclosed are to provide for preventing depression of a key until a coin of proper value is inserted in the machine, and for completely preventing operation of the machine until both the proper coin is inserted in it and the corresponding key depressed. These have been accomplished in part by provision of two detents, the movement of one'of which permits the locking of the depressed key and unlocks parts of the machine, while the movement of the other closes the coin slots to prevent insertion of more coins until the operation of the machine is completed.

The machine has been shown as capable of operation from a motor as well as from a crank and an additional object of the invention is to provide improved connections between the motor and the machine proper whereby the duration of operation of the motor and machine is controlled from the keys to determine the number of tickets to be issued.

With these and incidental objects in View,

the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification.

In using a system based upon the herein described machine, when a customer desires to obtain one or more tickets, a coin, the value of which is equal to the price of one ticket multiplied by the number of tickets desired, is inserted into the machine. The operation of the key corresponding to the amount of the coin inserted, through the movement of detents, actuates plates which close the slots against insertion of other coins and lock the depressed key in its depressed position. An actuating rack for a totalizer is differentially positioned according to the key depressed at the same time, and the extent of movement of this rack also determines the extent of movement of a spring actuated member, which normally locks the machine from operation. When this member has been differentially moved, the crank handle, if the machine is to be so operated, is turned and the operating mechanism given a number of cycles of movement depending on the number of tickets to be issued. If the motor, as shown in the accompanying drawings, is employed to drive the operating mechanism, the locking lever for the clutch connections of the motor is rigid with the locking member and will be given a like differential setting to control the extent of operation of the motor and therethrough determine the cycles of movement of the operating mechanism. During the first cycle the amount inserted is added on the totalizer and the depressed keys released, but the slots are closed by the locking plate to prevent the further insertion of coins until the last ticket is issued. Upon each cycle a ticket is printed by the printing mechanism and severed by a knife, and the locking member is returned one step toward its locking position. Then the last ticket has been issued the locking member is rendered effective until the next operation of the machine.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, and described in the specification, the particular machine shown is capable of printing one, two, or five 5c tickets. It is, of course, to be understood that a machine can be constructed to issue tickets of any denomination and of any number. The denomination of the ticket shown in the drawings is merely used for convenience, as the machine is particularly adapted for use in moving picture shows where the price of admission is 5.

Referring to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine constructed according to the invention with the cabinet removed.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line AB (Fig. 1).

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken through the series of coin slots of Fig. 1, on the line CD looking toward the right in said figure.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the left side of the machine.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the printing mechanism.

Fig. 6 shows the arrangement of gearing employed for driving the printing mechanism.

Figs. 7 and 8 respectively show the detents employed to operate the slot locking plate, and to release the key locking plate and certain parts of the operating mechanism.

Figs. 9 and 10 are detail views of the clutch connections of the motor.

Keys 1, 2 and 3 represent the nickel, dime, and quarter keys respectively which respectively control the issuance by the machine of one, two, or five tickets. Corresponding to each key and at its left as shown in Fig. 1 is a coin slot 4:, which slots are in the keyboard 5 of the machine. As it is desirable that a coin be inserted into its proper slot before the corresponding key can be operated a device normally locking the keys and under the control of inserted coins has been provided. To this end the keys carry projecting lugs 6 which are normally in engagement with the extreme ends of notched dogs 8 fast to the shafts 9. These shafts are supported by frames 10 and 11 which are suspended from the keyboard 5 of the machine. On the same shafts, but laterally of the machine and beneath the coin slots, are rigidly mounted arms 13, each of which has a notch 14: normally located over a pin 15 projecting from the frame 11, and engages at its upper side with one end of a compressed spring 16 which, at its other end, is secured to a pin 17, also projecting from the frame 11 (Fig. These arms are so constructed that the upper ends project slightly into the path of coins inserted in corresponding coin slots so that when the coin is inserted it rocks the adjacent arm 13 and, by reason of the latter being rigid with its supporting shaft 9, and therefore with the dog 8 supported thereby, causes the latter to be moved about its shaft to carry its extreme end 7 from engagement with the lug 6 of its adjacent key so as to permit depression of the latter. By this construction only the key corresponding to the slot in which the coin has been inserted is unlocked for depression.

The machine is provided with two detents 18 and 19 adjacent to the row of keys, and the detents are supported at their lower ends 20 by individual arms 21 (Fig. 2) loose on a rod 22 projecting from the frame 10. The under sides of these arms contact with springs 23, one for each arm, which are backed by the frame of the machine and yieldingly act against the arms 21 to hold the detents in their normal upper positions. The detent 18 (Figs. 2 and 7 is employed to actuate a sliding plate 2% (Fig. 3) where by the coin slots are closed during the operation of the machine, and to this end this detent is pivotally secured at 25 to one end of the lever 26 which is pivoted to a rod 27 projecting from the frame 10. To the lower end of this lever is connected at 28 a link 29 which connects the lever to an arm 30 fast on a shaft 31. Rigid with the same shaft is an arm 32 (Fig. 3) which, at its upper end, projects through a slot in a lug 33 projecting from the plate 24; for the coin slots, slidably mounted on the under side of the casing 5 by slot and pin connections. his plate is provided with slots of the same shape as those in the casing 5 and ith which they normally coincide so that coins can be inserted through them into auxiliary guideways 31 leading to a common coin guideway 35. When the coins have been barely inserted into the auxiliary guideways 34,- of the machine, if they are not frictionally held by engagement with arms 13, they are retained in the guideways 34: by pins 15 projecting from the side of the auxiliary guideways, and opposing arms 37 pivoted at 38 and normally held with their lower ends against pins 39 by arms 40 pivoted at 1-1 to the sides of the frame. The arms 37 and pins 15 are normally so close together that coins can pass between them only when the arms 37 are released by their arms Mi and allowed to move slightly out of the auxiliary guideways under the pressure of the coins.

When a key is depressed after having been released by insertion of a coin in the adjacent slot, the detent 18, due to the contact of roller 37 projecting from the side of the key with the inclined surface 42 of notch 43 in the detent beneath the depressed key, will be moved downwardly and the shaft 31, through the lever 26 and the link 29, will be rocked and thereby the arm 32 will be lowered. This movement of the arm, through its engagement in the slot of the lug 33, lowers the sliding plate 2th and thereby closes the coin slots against the insertion of the coins during the operation of the machine. This coin slot closing plate is held in closing position until the end of the operation of the machine by the en gagement of the forward end 38 of a lever 39, mounted on the shaft T0 with a projection 41 on the arm 32. This lever is loosely pivoted on the shaft 40 and at its rear end is provided with a slot 12 into which extends a pin 13 projecting from the arm 1d mounted rigidly on the shaft 16 to which a ratchet t7 and a stepped plate 18 (Fig. 2) are also fast. This ratchet and plate and therefore the arm n are adapted to be given one, two or five units of movement dependent upon the key depressed, as will be hereinafter described. The slot 4C2 is so constructed that the first unit of movement of the arm 14 rocks the end 38 of the lever 39 beneath the projection 11 of the arm 32 after the latter has been moved to close the coin slots, while further movement of the arm retains the lever in such position. Upon the last return unit of movement of the arm 4A- toward its initial position, at the end of the operation of the machine, the lever will be rocked out of locking position, and the sliding plate allowed to be returned to normal position by the return of detent plate 18 to normal position by its spring 23.

The other detent 19 is employed to release a device which is employed to look a key in its depressed position. At its upper end the detent is secured to a bell crank lever of which 4-9 is one arm. This arm carries a shoulder 50 which normally is in engagement with a projection 51 on one arm of a bell crank loosely mounted on a shaft TO, the other arm 5-it being secured to the upper end of a pitman 55. he lower end of this pitman is forked and straddles main drive shaft 56 and carries a projecting roller 57. The arm 52 at its outer end carries a projecting pin 58 straddied by the bifurcated projection of a plate which has elongated slots (39 through which pass screws (51, projecting from frame 10. This plate is provided with extensions 82 which in turn carry projecting lugs (53, one of these projections being provided for each key. A spring 64-, which is secured to this plate and to the frame 10, is constantly under tension and tends to pull the plate 59 in a downward direction, but the engagement of the arm 4:9 with the projection 51 on the arm 52, which is connected through pin 58 with this plate, normally prevents such movement. When the key is depressed, however, the detent 19 is given a downward movement by the engagement of the roller 37 on the key in the corresponding inclined slot in the detent and rocks the bell crank supporting its upper end, in a counter-clockwise direction thereby carrying the arm i9 out of engagement with the projection 51. hen this is accomplished the spring (A moves the plate 59 downward and causes the lug 63 to pass over the lug 6 on the depressed key and thereby hold this key in its depressed position.

The downward movement of the plate 59 being connected by the pin 58 to the arm 52 of the bell crank loosely mounted on the shaft 10, rocks the bell crank counter-clock wise to carry the arm 51 downward about its pivotal center thus forcing the roller 57 on the pitman 55 into engagement with the periphery of a cam The keys are released upon the first rotation of the main drive shaft 56 to which is fast the cam 65 as this cam is so constructed that the pitman, when the latters roller 57 is in engagement with it, is given a slight movement in the direction of its length moving the bell crank pivoted on the shaft, clockwise to normal position and hence restoring plate 59 to its normal position. The spring 23 connected to the detent 19 then moves the latter to its normal position, the key through the spring 6% coiled about its shank is returned to undepressed position, and the arm 19 is brought into locking position by engaging the projection 51 on the arm 52.

These detents 18 and 19 are so constructed and positioned that the roller 37 on the key depressed engages first with the inclined face 4% of the notch 13 in the detent 1S and gives the locking plate 2% a partial movement before the roller engages the adjacent inclined slot in the other detent 19 so that a wire or a sharp instrument would be taken out of engagement with the arm 13 should it be attempted to use the same for rocking the latter to unlock the keys, a shoulder 66 on the dogs 8 being provided so that the key in such case could only be partially depressed as the lug 6 on the key would engage therewith.

The coin is held in its unlocking position between the pin 15 and the arm 37 so that the key may be operated after the insertion of the coin. lVhen the key is operated and the coin slots locked, the following device is employed to release the coin so that the same may pass through the auxiliary coin guideways 34: and main guideway 35 into a coin receptacle (not shown). The arms 37 are loosely mounted on studs 38 projecting from the inside of the coin guideway frame and are held in normal posi tion by the engagement of the arms 40 with a shoulder 67 on the lower end of the arms 37. In this normal position the arms 37 are also in engagement with the pins 39 projecting from the coin guideway frame. Each of these arms 4L0" is fast to a sleeve surrounding its stud 41 projecting from the same frame. Arms 68 are also fast to these same sleeves and at their lower ends are pivotally connected at 69 to a link 7 O. The middle arm 68 forms part of a bell crank to the other arm 71. of which is secured a pitman 72 which at its lower end is bifurcated and straddles a shaft 73. A roller 74 carried by the pitman rides in a cam groove 75 (shown in dotted lines) in one side of a disk 76 whereby when the shaft 73 is rotated, as will be hereinafter de scribed, the pitman is given a reciprocating movement and the arms .1-0 are all rocked upward so that the arms 37 are allowed to drop out of the paths of coins by reason of the ends of the arms 40 coming directly in front of curved recesses 77 in the arms 37. The coins, with the arms 37, released by the arms 40, have free passage through the auxiliary coin guideways.

An inserted coin cannot, however, pass completely through the main guideway to the coin receptacle until the machine is operated, as an arm 78 rigidly secured to a sleeve on a rod 79 normally closes the lower end of the main guideway 35 leading to this coin receptacle, but a branch guideway 80 to the exterior of the machine is open when the main guideway is closed. An arm 81 is fast to the sleeve on the rod 79 and at its outer end is secured to a pitman 82 which, at its other end, is forked and straddles the shaft 73. An anti-friction roller 83, carried by this pitman, rides in a cam groove 8% in the side of the disk 7 6 opposite that in which the cam groove 84 is located and this groove is so constructed that at the very beginning of the operation of the machine the pitman 82 is given such a movement that the arm 78 is rocked upwardly about its pivotal center to open the guideway 35 to the coin receptacle and to close the branch guideway 80 to the exterior of the machine. This device is employed so that a coin or a counterfeit which is not of suflicient size to be stopped by the pins 15 and arms 37 will pass directly and before the machine is operated through the main guideway and the branch guideway to the outside of the machine, thus not being deposited in the coin receptacle.

The machine as stated may be either operated by a crank handle or by a motor as desired. The motor shown is one well known on the mar :et, a complete description of which is found in Letters Patent of the United States to Charles F. Kettering, No. 923,857, granted June 8th, 1909, together with. the application for Letters Patent of the United States of Charles F. Kettering, Serial No. 394,187, filed September 23rd, 1907, but it is to be understood that any other type of motor may be employed, as this particular type is shown merely for convenience. A clutch connection for the motor is shown and described, as without such a device the throwing of a positive lock into the path of one of the moving parts would cause a great strain on the parts when the locking takes place, due to the in ertia of the rapidly moving parts. With the clutch, however, the mechanism may be brought to its home position and the motor allowed to run as long as its momentum will carry it Without any resulting damage to the mechanism. This clutch connection' is shown in Figs. 9 and 10. The armature of the motor is on a shaft 85 integral with the worm 86which meshes with the gear 87 carrying a hollow cylindrical part 88 forming one of the elements of the clutch. The other clutch element comprises a plate 89 rigidly mounted on the main drive shaft 56. Fast on the same shaft 46 to which ratchet 17 and stepped plate 48 are rigidly secured, are two locking arms 91 (Fig. 2) and 92 (Figs. 9 and 10), the latter of which is adapted to engage a projection, not shown, movable with the part 89 of the clutch, and thereby serves to prevent the operation of the machine. The ratchet and stepped members 47 and 18 respectively are given a differential movement as will be hereinafter fully described.

The connections between the cylindrical part 88 and the cut-away portions 93 of the plate 89 of the clutch is accomplished by rollers 94 moving in the cut-away parts of the plate. The movement of the cylinder 88 tends to carry the rollers 94: to the narrower parts of the cutaway portions of the plate thereby firmly binding together the two parts of the clutch. These rollers 9 1 are mounted on pins 95 carried by a nearly circular plate 96 mounted loosely on the shaft 56 and capable of a slight movement relative to the plate 89. Plungers 97, shown in dotted lines and seated in the plate 89, are spring pressed to normally move the rollers 91 toward the narrower parts of the cut-away portion 93 of the plate. It is clear that when the ratchet 47 and stepped plate 48 are rocked that the locking arm 92 will be rocked by the shaft 16 and the look ing end thereof carried away from the clutch. The locking arm 92 is also in the path of a projection on the plate 96 and the withdrawal of the arm will release the plate 96 and permit the plungers to force the anti-friction rollers to the narr'ower parts of their containing slots. As the end of' the operation of the machine is reached the locking lever 92 is positively moved back to the locking position of the figures, as will be hereinafter explained, and the projection integral with the plate 96 will finally contact with the end of the locking arm 92 thereby stopping the plate 96. The other clutch parts, however, move slightly forward but inasmuch as this forward movement presses the springs of the plungers 97 and moves the rollers to the wide parts of their containing notches, the clutch is thereby disconnected and the machine allowed to stop, although the cylindrical part 88 of the clutch may remain in motion. The locking relation of the arm 92 with the plate 96 might be depended upon to completely arrest the mechanism but another disk 98 is pivoted besides said plate 96 and which is movable with the clutch part 89. A projection 89 on this second disk is adapted to be engaged by a projection on the locking arm 92.

The device which closes the motor circuit is the same as that described in the aforesaid Letters Patent to Charles F. Kettering and will be briefly described here. To accomplish this function an additional plate 99 (Fig. 9) is mounted loosely on the shaft 56 and is connected to the disk 98 by a spring 100 which passes about the hub 1001 and around a pin 101 on the disk 98 extending through a slot 107 in the plate 99 and the pin 1011 on the plate 99. As shown the plate 99 has a cutaway portion 102 in which is normally placed an anti-friction roller 103 on the lever 10& pivoted on the pin 105 which projects from the frame of the machine. The plate 99 has fastened thereto a lug 106, one end of which engages in the normal position of the parts with a third projection of the locking arm 92 thereby retaining the spring 100 under ten sion. lVhen the machine is released arm 92 moves from in front of the lug 106 and the spring 100 will then throw the plate 99 rapidly around until the pin 101 is reached by the other end of the slot 107 in which the pin moves. Clearly this movement of plate 99 will carry the cut-away portion 102 thereof away from the roller 103 on the lever 10% and thereby rapidly rotate the lever around the pivot pin 105. The arm 108 of the lever is adapted to engage the anti-friction roller 109 on the circuit closing arm 110 pivoted at 111 and carrying an insulating strip 112 directly over spring contact strips 113. When the plate is rotated the lever 10 i rocks and the spring contact strips 113 are quickly depressed until they engage the stationary contacts 115 thereby closing the motor circuit. This contact is maintained during the complete operation of the machine and is broken at the end of the operation as the projection on the locking arm 92 moves downwardly again bringing one of its projections into the path of the lug 106 thereby stopping the plate 99. The cut-away portion 102 of this plate is opposite the roller 103 and when toe depressed portion of plate 98 reaches roller 103 the spring contact strips 113 rise, breaking the circuit, and the roller is again in the cutaway portion of disk 98 and plate 99.

It is clear from the preceding description that in the normal position of the parts the disk 98 and plate 99 have a cut-away portion opposite the roller 103, but that when the plate 99 is released by movement of the locking arm 92 the cut-away portion of the plate is thereby carried away from the roller and the circular portion of the plate moves opposite the roller. The circuit controlling lever 104: is held in closing position, until after one or more rotations of the clutch, determined in a manner to be hereinafter explained, inasmuch as the cutaway portions of the disk 98 and plate 99 are on different radial lines. At the end of the desired number of rotations of the clutch, the lock arm 92 is again moved to lock position and the plate 99 held stationary while plate 98 moves up until the original relative position of the two plates is restored and it is only when both depressed portions of the disk 98 and plate 99 are on the same radial lines that the spring contacts 113 may break the circuit.

The crank handle, which can be secured to the crank rod 116, is geared to the main drive shaft 56 by the gear 117 on this crank rod meshing with the gear 118 fast to the rod 118 projecting from the side frame of the machine (Figs. 1 and 3), and meshing in turn with the gear 119 fast to the main drive shaft. The shaft 73 is driven by the main drive shaft as the gear 119 fast to the shaft 73 meshes with the large intermediate gear 118. As shown the gears 119 and 119 are of the same size so that one rotation of the motor rotates each shaft once, but as the gear 119 is twice the size of the gear 117 it is clear that two rotations of the gear 117 and therefore of the crank handle are required to give the requisite one rotation of the operating shaft 56.

This driving mechanism does not of itself quite bring the operating parts back to home position and the following described device is employed to accomplish such an end, (Fi

The lever 120 is pivoted to the frame of the machine by the pin 121 and at each end carries an anti-friction roller. The roller on the upper end rides on the periphery of a cam 122 mounted on the shaft 56, while the roller on the lower end is in contact with the flat end 123 of a spring pressed plunger 1.23 mounted on the lug 12 1 The cam 122 is so constructed as to gradually depress the spring of the plunger upon its rotation in the direction of the arrow until the very end of such rotation, when the upper roller will engage with a nearly radial edge 121 of the cam periphery and thereby permit the spring through the lever 120 to bring the operating parts completely home.

The invention is also provided with an accounting mechanism comprising totalizer elements 1500, and an actuating rack therefor. The actuating rack is differentially positioned by the operation of one of the reys. During the first cycle of movement of the operating parts the totalizer is rocked into engagement with this actuating rack and the actuating rack is then restored to normal position, whereby the value of the coin inserted into the machine is added on the totaliZer. This actuating rack 125 is given one, two, or five units of movement depending upon the key depressed. To this end all of the keys at their lower end carry a projecting pin 126 which, when the keys are depressed, engages with the lower side of inclined slots 127 in plates 128 pivoted on pins 129 projecting from the frame 10. The plate 128 cooperating with the live cent key, is pivotally connected at 130 with the end of the link 131, the other end of this link being pivoted at 132 to the arm 133 fast to a stub shaft 131 loosely journaled in the frame 10. The plate 128 cooperating with the ten cent key is pivotally connected at 135 with a link 136, the other end of which pivotally connects also at 132 with the arm 133 rigid with the shaft 131. The plate 128 cooperating with the twenty-live cent key is rigid with. an arm 137 pivoted at 138 to a link 139 connecting it at 14.0 with an arm (not shown) rigid with the actuator shaft 131. The parts just described are so constructed that the actuating rack 125 will be given its differential setting corresponding to the amount represented by the key depressed as the keys when depressed rock their plates 128 and move their connected links so as to impart differential setting to the actuator shaft 134.

After the rack is positioned by the depression of a key the lowest order totalizer pinion is then brought into mesh with the teeth of this actuating rack 125 by means of the operating mechanism. The totalizerelements are mounted on a frame 111 pivoted on a shaft 142 extending from the frame of the machine, which frame has a downwardly projectin arm 143, pivoted at 14-1 at its lower end to one end of pitman 14-5, the other end of which is bifurcated and straddles the shaft 73 and has a roller 146 projecting into a cam groove 147 of the disk 118 rigid with the shaft 7 3. This cam groove so shaped that the totalizer, through the pitman 115 and frame 14-1., is rocked into engagement with the rack at the beginning of the rotation of the disk 1 18 and remains in engagement until near the end of the first rotation of it. While the totalizer is in such position the actuating rack is restored to normal position and its differential setting is imparted to the totali- Zer elements. This is accomplished through the short pitman 1 19 (Fig. 2) which is pivoted to the plate 128 for the ten cent key at 150 and carries a roller 151, which is brought into engagement with the cam 152 (shown in dotted lines) carried by and rigid with the shaft 73. This cam is so constructed that after the totalizer has been rocked into engagement with the actuating racks the pitman 149 is given an upward movement, thereby, through the plate 128, link 136, and the arm 133, restoring the actuating rack to Zero position. The totalizer is then rocked out of engagement with the rack by means of the cam 147 through the links 145 to the totalizer frame 141. This oscillatory movement is given to the totallzer upon each rotation of the shaft 73 and constitutes an idle movement after the first rotation, as the actuating rack, as just eX plained, is restored to zero position upon the first rotation of this shaft and the totallzer is at the end of each rotation disengaged from the actuating rack.

The totalizer is constructed similarly t that shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 570,196, issued October 27th, 1896, upon an application filed by Fayette Barnard. The wheel of lowest order is actuated directly by the actuating rack 125, and is provided with alternating ciphers and 5s and is arranged to transfer to the wheel of next higher order at each second unit of movement while the Wheels of the higher order transfer after each complete rotation. Carrying operations from wheels of lower order to wheels of higher order are accomplished by the well known Geneva stop transfer mechanism, as indicated in Fig. 1.

Inter-posed between the shaft 1511 and the several registering wheels are suitable devices for causing the shaft when turned to pick up the wheels at different points at which they may be standing and carry them to their zero posit-ions. This shaft 1511 at its left end carries a disk 1521 having in its periphery a single notch with which cooperates the pin 153 on the arm 154. The disks 155 are pivotally supported by side arms 156. lVhen the shaft 1511 is turned the.pin 153 rides on the periphery of the disk 152 and when the registering wheels are restored to zero position a pin 157 on the disk engages with an arm 158 thus preventing further movement of the disk. Finally, the arm 158 is rocked by its spring action to normal position as described in the aforesaid Barnard patent.

The device which determines the number of tickets to be issued will now be described. In general it comprises a locking member adapted to be given a differential movement dependent upon the coin inserted and the key operated, and operative means whereby the locking member is given a return movement of one step toward locking position as each ticket is issued. This locking member includes the arm 91, which is fast to the shaft 46, and has at its lower end a projection 159 which is normally in contact with the radial edge 160 of the cutaway portion of the disk 161 which is rotated in the direction shown by the arrow upon operation of the machine. To the same shaft 46 is rigidly secured the ratchet 47 which carries ratchet teeth 162 and also the stepped member 48 carrying stops 163 whose construction will be hereinafter described. hen the motor is attached the locking arm 92 for the latter is also fas tened to this shaft 46 so that when the locking arm 91 is given an extent of movement the locking lever 92 will be given the same extent of movement. A spring 164 is coiled about the shaft 46 and one end of this spring, which is under tension, is fast to the side frame of the machine, while the other end passes through an opening in the segment ratchet 47 and thereby tends to rock the ratchet 47 and the plate 48 in a counter-clockwise direction. This movement, however, is normally prevented by the pawls 165 and 166. The pawl 166 (Fig. 2) is normally in engagement with the foremost stop on the member 48 and is held in such normal position by springs 167 and 168 secured to one of the ends of a link 169 and at the other to a downwardly extending projection 170 of the pawl 166. At the upper end of this pawl 166 is a lug 171 having a rectangular face and engaging in a rectangular recess in the under side of the upper end of link 169, pivotally secured at 172 to an arm 173, which is fast to the shaft 134 on which the totalizer actuating rack 125 is rigidly mounted. When the totalizer actuating rack is differentially positioned,

as has been explained, the link 169 is given,

a corresponding extent of movement downwardly which differential downward adjustment of the link causes, through the connection of the link 171 with the pawl 166, the pawl 166 to be taken out of engagement with the foremost stop of the plate 48 and differentially positioned away from its normal position. The stops 163 on the plate 48 are so constructed that the distance between the arcs swept over by points of the adjacent stops is equal to one unit of movement of the pawl 166 about its pivotal center, so thatwhen this pawl is differentially positioned the action of the spring 164 will rock the plate 48 to bring a stop 163 into engagement with the pawl 166 in its differentially set position, thus differentially setting the plate 48.

When this plate has been differentially positioned it is necessary that the link 169 be taken out of engagement with the lug 171, as the tot-alizer rack is returned to its initial position at the end of the first cycle of movement of the operating mechanism, and this would not be permitted if the link remained in engagement with the lug 171 on the pawl 166 as this pawl can return to normal position only by a step by step movement as the member 48 is similarly moved out of the way. To disengage this link from the pawl an arm 174 loosely mounted on the shaft 40 and carrying a pin 175 at its outer end, is provided. A pitman 176 is also secured to this arm and at its lower end is forked over the shaft 56 and carries a roller 177, which rides on the edge of the open cam 178. After the plate 48 has been difierentially postioned and at the very beginning of the operation of the machine the cam 178 gives the pitman 176 an upward movementthus moving the arm 174 with its pin 175 upwardly to disengage the link 169 from the lug 171 by the engagement of the pin 175 with the lower edge of the link.

The pawl 165 is loosely pivoted on the shaft 40 and is normally held in engagement with a ratchet tooth intermediate the ends of the ratchet plate 17 by the spring 179 which is compressed between a pin 180 pro jecting from the arm 52v above described, and a lateral wall of the recess 181 in the pawl. The other lateral wall of this recess 181 normally engages with the pin 180 so that when the bell crank, of which 52 is one arm, is rocked about its pivotal center upon operation of the key, as fully described, the pawl 165 is rocked out of engagement with the ratchet teeth and at the same time that the pawl 166 is rocked out of engagement with the plate 18. It can be seen that when the bell crank, loosely mounted on the shaft 410, is rocked back to normal position by the cam 178, as has been explained, that the pawl 165 will also be returned to normal position and thereby engage one of the teeth of the ratchet plate 4:7 in its differentially set position.

Means for restoring these differentially positioned members to their initial or normal position include a pitman 179 bifurcated at each end to straddle the shafts 4L0 and 56. It is given a reciprocating movement through a cam groove 1800 in which plays a roller 1800 carried by the pitman. A pawl 182 is pivoted intermediate its ends at 188 to this pitman and at its lower end carries a roller 184:, which, through a spring 185 mounted between the upper end of the pawl and a lug in the pitman, is caused to ride on the cam periphery of the disk 186 in which the groove 1800 is located. The cam disk 186 and the cam groove 1800 therein are so constructed that upon each rotation of the drive shaft 56 the pitman 179 is given an invariable extent of movement in the direction of its length and at the same time pawl 182 is rocked into engagement with one ofthe teeth on the ratchet plate 17 whereby this plate and the plate 4L8 is moved so that the pawl 166 engages the next step toward the zero position. The teeth on the segment 17 and the stops on the member 18 are so constructed that the pawl 165 engages the alternate teeth of the ratchet plate 417 in moving the plate 18 one unit. l/Vhen a coin has been inserted into the machine and the key depressed, the pawls 165 and 166 are taken out of engagement with the ratchet 17 and the stepped member 18 and these members are thereby differentially positioned under the action of the spring 161 by the engagement of that one of the steps 163 with the pawl 166 that the latter in being differentially set has been placed in the path of. Upon subsequent operation of the machine the link 169 is disengaged from the pawl 166 and the pawl 165 again brought into engagement with the ratchet 47 by the rocking of the arm 52 through the pitman 55. The pitman 179 is then given an upward movement in the direction of its length and at the same time the pawl 165 is rocked into engagement with the teeth on ratchet plate 17, this upward movement of the pitman 179, through the pawl 182, thus moves the ratchet plate 3 7, stepped member 41-8 and the locking arms 91 and 92 one step toward normal position upon each rotation of the cam disk 186.

The following mechanism is provided for printing and severing tickets to be issued ly the machine. The paper on the roll 187 is fed by the rolls 188 and 189, the former of which is provided with two flanges 190 (Fig. 6), which are of suflicient length to feed the paper the length of one ticket upon each op eration of the machine and one rotation of this roll. The train of gears through which this roll is rotated is shown in Fig. 6. The gear 119 is journaled on the shaft 78 as is the gear 191 which meshes with an idle pinion 195, which is fast to the same shaft 196 as another similar idle pinion 197, which in turn meshes with the gear 198, the latter gear being integral with the cylinder 188. The gear 198 is in mesh with a corresponding gear 199 integral with the roll 189. The inking ribbon 200 may be fed by the spools 201 by any desired method. The cylinder 188 is provided with a dater and consecutive numbering device, which are well known on the market, and not described in detail as these details are not essential to an understanding of the invention herein described. The inking roll 202 inks the type on this dater and consecutive numbering mechanism upon each rotation of the roll 188. A stationary type block and platen are shown in the drawings but it is to be understood that all of the printing might be easily done from the rolls 188 and 189 if suitably engraved. The platen carrying frame 203 is pivoted at one end to the frame of the machine by the pin 201, and at its forward end carries the platen 205, which is brought into contact with the stationary type block 206 at the beginning of each rotation of the roll 189 through the cotiperation of the roller 207 which rides in a cam groove 208 in one of the faces of the roll 189. After the price of admission has been printed on the paper by the contact of the platen 205 against the type block 206 the paper is fed the length of one ticket and severed by a knife 210. This knife is carried on the frame 211 slidably mounted in a guide in the block 212 which is fast to the frame of the machine and provided with a suitable co-acting fixed knife edge 213. The frame 211 at its lower end is secured to a lever 214' which is loosely mounted on a: stud 215 which projects from the frame of the machine. The rear end of this lever carries a roller 216 which also rides in a cam groove 208 so that after the ticket has been printed and fed" a distance equal to its length it is severed by the knife 210.

Operation.

IVith the motor attached a complete operation of the machine is effected by a mere depression of one of the keys after the coin has been inserted in its corresponding slot,

the coin and the particular key determining sion of the key. Such depression locks the coin slots by moving the plate 2% through the movement of the detent 18, the lever 2o, link 29, and the arms 30 and 32 and also releases the key locking plate 59 through the rocking of the arm 49 out of engagement with the arm 51, the rocking of the arm 49 being accomplished through the movement of the other detent 19. The depression of the key also differentially positions the actuating rack 125 as the rocking of the plates 128 by the keys is imparted to the rack through the link connecting the plate with one of the arms fast to the shaft 1.34 on which the rack 125 is mounted. The setting of the rack imparts a like setting to the pawl 166 through the link 169. After this pawl is so positioned the pawl 165 being taken out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet 17 through the movement of detent 19, the members fast on the shaft 46 are rocked through the actuating spring 16% and thereby one of the stops on the stepped plate 48 is brought into engagement with the pawl 166. The locking arms 91 and 92 are thereby differentially positioned and when these parts have been differentially positioned the operating mechanism is actuated by the motor or by the crank handle if the motor is not attached. At the beginning of the operation of this mechanism the totalizer is rocked into engagement with its actuating rack 125 through the operation of the roller 146 on the pitman 145 in the cam groove 147 and the amount of the ransaction is added on the totalizer by the restoration of the actuating rack to zero posipawl 166 through the movement of the pitman 176 by the engagement of the cam 178 with the roller 177 on the pitman.

The pitman 179 upon each rotation of platen 205 is brought into engagement with the stationary type block 206 and subsequently during the same rotation the paper is fed the length of one ticket by the feed rolls 188 and 189 and severed by the knife 210 and 213. As the last ticket is being issued the locking members 91 and 92 are given their last unit of movement through the pawl 182 on the pitman 179 and the machine, when these lockii'ig' members are returned home, is locked until another coin is inserted and one of the keys has been depressed.

hile the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

hat is claimed is 1. In a machine of the class described, the combination witha locking member to be differentially positioned, of a determining member therefor, an accounting device, an actuating rack therefor, manipulative means for differentially positioning said rack, connections intermediate said rack and said determining member, whereby said determining member is differentially positioned, and operating means whereby said connections are rendered inoperative after said determining member is positioned differentially thereby.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device, of an actuating member therefor, a series of manipulative devices, a plate adjacent each manipulative device and adapted to be moved thereby, and links connecting said plates and said actuating member whereby movement of one of said plates by its adj acent manipulative device difierentially positions said actuating member.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device, of an actuator therefor, manipulative means for controlling said actuator, and operating means having a variable number of cycles of operation during different operations of the machine and constructed to operate the actuator only during the first cycle of operation.

l. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device, of an actuator therefor, manipulative means for controlling said actuator, operating means having a variable number of cycles of operation and constructed to operate the actuator only during the first cycle of operation, and means controlled by said manipulative means for controlling the number of cycles of the operating mechanism.

5. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with an accounting device,

of actuating means therefor normally out of engagement therewith, operating means having a variable number of operations, means operated by the operatingmechanism for engagin said actuating means and said accounting device, and means for operating the actuating means only during the first cycle of operation of the operating mechanism.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device, of actuating means therefor normally out of engagement therewith, manipulative means controlling said actuating means, operating means having a variable number of operations, means operated by the operating mechanism for engaging said actuating means and said accounting device, means for operating the actuating means only during the first cycle of operation of the operating mechanism, and means controlled by said manipulative means for determining the number of cycles of operation of the operating mechanism. 4

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device, of an actuator therefor having a normal position, manipulative means for positioning said actuator, and operating means having a variable number of cycles of operation and constructed to restore said actuator to normal position during the first cycle of operation.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device, of an actuator therefor, having a normal po sition, manipulative means for positioning said actuator, operating means having a variable number of cycles of operation and constructed to restore said actuator to normal position during the first cycle of operation, and means controlled by said manipulative means for controlling the number of cycles of operation of the operating mechanism.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

FRANCESCO SKERL.

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